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Age Pension to increase on September 20

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
The Age Pension is increasing tomorrow, while previously frozen deeming rates will rise by 0.5%. From tomorrow, September 20, the Age Pension will increase by $29.70 a fortnight for singles and $44.80 for couples combined. This will see singles receive ...

Australia maintains global retirement security ranking: Natixis

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... Australians believe it is increasingly more difficult to retire securely. Natixis Investment Managers Global Retirement Index (GRI) showed across the sub categories, Australia declined in finances in retirement but has improved, or remained steady, across ...

Another industry body urges Division 296 reconsideration

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... capital gains; implement transitional rules that allow affected taxpayers to restructure their affairs without penalty; and index the $3 million threshold annually to account for inflation and ensure the system remains fair and equitable over time. Chen ...

Retirees unfairly targeted by tax: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
Australians receiving the Age Pension are often subjected to higher marginal tax rates of 60% to 80%, disincentivising them from being more active in the workforce, new research from HESTA suggests. The research said in some extreme cases, these rates ...

GQG FUM rises $1bn in face of continued outflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... undercut tech and consumer discretionary investments. Despite the volatility, GQG will be a new addition to the S&P/ASX 100 index prior to the open on September 22. S&P Dow Jones Indices said the changes in the indices came because of the September quarterly ...

GSFM becomes exclusive distributor for Auscap

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... value (NAV) of $389 million and returned 16.76% in the 12 months to the end of August, outperforming the S&P/ASX 200 TR AUD index (14.93) over the period. Meanwhile, the Ex-20 Australian Equities Fund (18.50%) slightly underperformed against the S&P/ASX ...

Fewer global equity managers underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... global equity managers that maintained an underweight position in the US should have performed well, as the S&P World Ex-US Index outperformed the S&P World Index by 8.7% in the first half. "Active managers were presented with greater opportunities to ...

Future Fund achieves 12.2% in FY25, tops other instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... over the capital stack - private and public - in order to diversify across multiple potential future worlds, the actual index concentration isn't one we have tried to 'mess around with' as it were..." Over a 10-year period, the Future Fund made 8% ...

Ausbil launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... Fund - Active ETF (DIVI) officially began trading. Debuting on the ASX today, DIVI predominantly invests in the S&P/ASX 200 Index and holds up to 50 companies. The underlying fund launched in 2018 and has $967 million of funds under management. Since ...

Advisers favour third-party support in product selection

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... significantly higher than their peers in boutique and larger firms. Additionally, ETF usage continues to climb across both index and active categories, the study showed, as 24% (up from 21%) of new non-super inflows went to ETFs compared to 31% (down ...